According to the Houston Chronicle, after four seasons with the Houston Rockets, coach Rick Adelman will no longer be pacing the sidelines of Houston’s Toyota Center. The Rockets ended the season just above .500, with a final record of 43-39 and Adelman has seen several transitions in his time with the Rockets, going from a […]

Larry Drew knew his team was ready during shootaround that morning. The always inconsistent Hawks were loud and rowdy, champing at the bit to get onto the floor and start the playoffs. The Hawks have faced bitter disappointment after bitter disappointment in the last three postseasons. None may have been more disappointing than a four-game […]

For the third straight year, Dwight Howard is the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year. And for the first time ever, a player has won the award three consecutive years. Howard was the runaway winner, garnering 114 of 120 first place votes winning by a healthy margin over Kevin Garnett, Tyson Chandler and Tony Allen. […]

Don’t listen to that guy on Monday who says he accurately predicted what would happen in each of these Sunday games because dude is lying.  While he might have guessed Durant would get forty, and that Ray Allen would be Ray Allen, there wasn’t anyone outside of NO or Memphis that thought Chris Paul and Zach Randolph would lead their respective […]

Los Angeles Lakers’ Pau Gasol has done it all in his basketball career. He has been a winner when playing overseas with Spain, a multiple time NBA All-Star, considered one of the best centers in the NBA, won an NBA championship and is manning the paint for the Lakers as they march towards another title […]

Miss any of the NBA playoff games on Saturday? Don’t need all that filler and just want the facts? Check out these capsule recaps from day one of the NBA playoffs where the top seeded teams were tested and one top seed lost at home. Game one: (8) Indiana Pacers vs. (1) Chicago Bulls, United […]

The playoffs have finally started but it’s a familiar script for the Miami Heat as they needed big production from each member of their All-Star trio to win their opening game in the postseason 97-89 against the Philadelphia Sixers who proved they won’t go down without a fight. But this time each player had slightly […]

Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel are reporting J.J. Redick suffered no lingering effects from his first practice in nearly a month and will play for the Magic in tonight’s opening game against the Hawks. Redick has been fighting a sore lower abdomen since March 11 after tweaking the injury during shootaround before Orlando’s loss […]

Put the methadone down.  You’re not going to need it anymore.  NBA basketball is back today!  And with the return of hoops, we will finish off our “one big storyline” capsule look at each playoff team by running through the Western Conference.  In case you missed yesterday’s look at the East… here it is. 1: […]

It’s no secret, it’s an era of the point guard in the NBA. Young point guards such as the soon-to-be NBA MVP Chicago Bulls’ Derrick Rose, San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker, and Boston Celtics’ Rajon Rondo, are the main cogs in the machine for their respective teams. Yes, this may be a young, point guard’s […]

Sacramento fans could breathe a brief sight of relief. The sun has not quite set on the Sacramento Kings. In what many thought would be a formal, more procedural meeting of the NBA Board of Governors turned into an impassioned plea and reasonable plan from Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson to keep the team in Sacramento. […]

After a couple of days without any basketball on TV (I watched hockey yesterday.  HOCKEY!!!) the sweet sound of sneakers on hardwood returns tomorrow as the playoffs begin.   Here now is a quick look at one big storyline facing each team this postseason. Today we’ll start with the Eastern Conference.  We’ll look at the […]

In 2007, former NBA center John Amaechi shocked the NBA world by becoming the league’s first openly gay former player. His book, Man in the Middle, revealed much about the NBA world and the inner struggle Amaechi faced as a gay professional athlete in an NBA where you are always seeming to prove your masculinity. Amaechi faced […]